Health Behavior News

July 25, 2007 The good news: more women in North Carolina are being screened for cancer and infectious diseases, fewer women are dying from heart disease and stroke and the number of women who smoke has dropped substantially. The bad news: barriers to health care are worsening for poor and minority women. About 16 percent… Read more »

July 02, 2007 Photograph of Dr. Eunice Tyler The UNC School of Public Health has lost a pioneer in public health education with the passing of Eunice Nickerson (“Pickie”) Tyler, PhD, who died in Asheville, N.C., on June 21, at the age of 98. Dr. Tyler’s distinguished career at the School spanned more than… Read more »

June 20, 2007 Photograph of Dr. Peggy Bentley (second from left) with winning students HIV transmission risks, including violence, male circumcision and mother-to-child transmission was the focus of research presentations by three University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill public health students during the Global Health Council’s (GHC) 34th Annual International Conference on Global Health…. Read more »

June 19, 2007 Photograph of Dr. Noel T. Brewer Adolescent girls who are vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus that may cause cervical cancer, are not likely to engage in sex more often than adolescent girls who are not vaccinated, according to a new study led by a researcher from the University… Read more »

May 15, 2007 Photograph of students lining up for commencement More commencement photographs Despite darkening clouds that later delivered the downpour they promised, the lightheartedness of students lined up to enter Memorial Hall on Saturday, May 12, seemed to make the world a brighter place. Joined by their families, friends and faculty from the… Read more »

May 02, 2007 The School of Public Health has announced the winners of its two highly prized annual awards. Photograph of Dr. Susan T. Ennett Photograph of Dr. Aaron E. Blair Dr. Susan T. Ennett is the 2007 recipient of the Greenberg Alumni Endowment Award for excellence in teaching, research and service, and Dr. Aaron… Read more »

May 02, 2007 Forty-nine students from the School of Public Health were among those honored at the 9th annual Graduate Student Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, April 12, at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC campus. The event, sponsored by the Graduate School, was a celebration of the contributions made by graduate students… Read more »

May 02, 2007 School of Public Health participation common How can a new faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, coming from states such as Michigan or California, best teach students from the Tar Heel state? And how can these newcomers get the background they need to conduct research and public… Read more »

April 02, 2007 False-positive mammograms have long-term negative consequences for women, unnecessarily increasing their anxiety, according to a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study. About half of American women receive a false-positive mammogram at some point in their lives. A false-positive mammogram happens when a women is told… Read more »

Join us Tuesday, March 3, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the BCBSNC Auditorium to learn more about implementation science.
"What is Implementation Science?" you ask? Why, it's “a scientific strategy to address current barriers to effective implementation of evidence-based programs,” of course. Dr. Dean Fixsen’s lecture is brought to you by the UNC Implementation Science Student Group, Consortium for Implementation Science and the PHocus Seminar Series. Refreshments at noon!View on Facebook